The surveillance service email supposedly used by Edward Snowden complainant suddenly closed on Thursday after its owner cryptically announced his refusal to become “accomplices in crimes against the American people.” Lavabit an email service that boasted of its safety features and claimed 350,000 clients, is no more, apparently after refusing a court order for cooperation with the government of the United States to participate in the monitoring of their customers. It ‘the first company known to have closed rather than comply with government oversight “I was forced to make a difficult decision. Become complicit in crimes against the people of the United States or …